Autographic register



Dec. 6, 1927.

' L. JENSEN AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed July 29. 1926 s Sheets-Sheet 1 Dec. 6, 1927.

L. JENSEN AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed July 29. 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented" Dec. 6, 1927;

umrso "STATES LOUIS JENSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED AUTOGRAPHIC TIER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

; 1,651,456 PATENT OFFICE.

REGIS- AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

Application filed July 29,

My present invention relates to mechanism for moving or feeding apertured strip material and it has more particular, reference to an autographic register and the means which initially advance the :strip or strips of mate-,

rial while the normal feed "devices are engaged in the apertures and are therefore 1noperative to feed the material. The latter means have become commercially known as a starter or restarter and herein I have employed such designation to indicate the initial feed devices which are co-operatively related to one or more of the normal feed inember's of the autographic register.

The present structure embodies a sliding Ielem'ent mounted upon a rotatable body and 'sa-idparts are actuated through the medium of certain of the normal feed mechanism and suitablegeari-ng together with other instruanentalities that cause the sliding element to be projected away from the rotatable body prior to the time that the normal feed mechanism becomes inoperative upon the mate rial so that the outer portion of said element will be in eiwagement with the material and ready to initially advance the material upon the starting of the succeeding delivery operation. One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a starter device that is positively related to the normal feed members and is adapted to become effective or engaged with the material at a predetermined time in the operation of the register. Another object is to perform the above-mentioned function in a dependable manner and with a structure that is sturdy and capable of withstanding the service to which it may be subjected. Other objects reside in providing a device of the above-mentioned character that is novel in construction, simple in the arrangement of the parts, and economical to manufacture so that it will not increase the cost of the register, and also may be installed upon registers of divers types. Further objects will be apparent after an understanding of my invention is had, and I herein refer to the ccompanying drawingsthat disclose schema ically a typical or preferred manner of carrying out my invention and of accomplishing the divers objects thereof. 7 In the drawings Figure 1 is a vertical end elevation of the 1 -5 flipper portion of the delivery or discharge 1926. Serial No. 125,785.

end of an autographie register showing the normal feed members, and my improved starter devices in connection therewith.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary vertical section taken on line 22, Figure 1 looking in'the dlrection of the arrows, and diagrammatically illustrates the portion of the starter when in position to initially advance the material. a

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1, showing the relative osition of the starter when inoperative and during the advancement of the material by the normal feed members.

Figure 4 is an enlarged section lon 'tudinall through the material engaging e ement of t e starter.

Figure 5 is an edge elevation of the parts shown in Figure 4 and drawn tothe same scale.

Figure 6 is a vertical section taken on the irregular line 66, Figure l and looking in the direction of the arrows to illustrate in elevation the control parts mounted'upon the inner face of the register wall.

Figures 7 and 8 are schematic views in elevation of the control parts in two of their positions during the operation of the feed devices.

Figure 9 is a schematic plan of a portion of the apertured strip material such as it is preferred to use in this structure, the proportions of the strip being reduced.

The portion of the autographic register herein disclosed includes only the feed mechanism and consists of vertically disposed longitudinal side-walls 10 that areconnected at their upper edges by a writing table or platen v11, said Walls? and platen forming the upper portion of a casing or housin in which the supply of webs is stored in eit er roll or folded pad form. The webs each comprise a strip 12 (Fig. 9) that usually has tickets 13 or other matter printed thereon and between the tickets the webs are punched to pro ide filing pin apertures 14 for convenience in storing the tickets and the like when they have been severed from the strip. Thev apertures are arranged in longitudinally disposed spaced rows so that there is preferably a pair of apertures for each ticket.

At the discharge end of the platen 1s located the normal feed devices in the form of upper and lower opposed rollers, the former 110 all being an elongated roller the spindles at the ends of which are journaled in tubular bearing-posts 16 that arise from the upper longitudinal corners of the register casing and one of said spindles has a gear 17 secured to it. The lower feed member is in the form of roller disks 18 mounted upon a drive spindle or shaft 19 that is journaled in the side-walls of the casing so that the same is in vertical alineinent with and disposed below the roller 15 and said spindle or shaft 19 has a gear 20 secured to it that is larger than gear 1i" and meshes therewith. The disks 18 are spaced apart a distance corresponding with the spacing of the longitudinal rows oi apertures or perforations ltl in the strip, and as seen in the drawings the said disks are larger in dia meter than the upper feed roller 15 in the same proportion as the large gear 20 is to the gear 1?. Drive spindle or shaft 19 is rotated by means of a crank handle 21 secured to one of its ends that is extended through the casing wall and when said structure is operated the strip or strips of paper will be advanced upon the platen 11 and dis charged from the end of the apparatus until a set of peritorations or apertures come into registry with the opposed peripheral portions of the upper and lower teed devices, whereupon the disks 18 will come into actual contact with the roller 15 through said apertures and further feed or advance of the strips will be stopped so that the discharged ticket or set of tickets may be torn oil or severed from the strip or strips.

The starter mechanism, or parts which are adapted to engage the material to ad- Vance the latter while the normal teed memhers are engaged in the apertures oi the material and therefore inoperative to advance the same, are preferably mounted upon the rotatable drive shaft or spindle 19 that carries the normal feed roller disks 18. Secured upon the rotatable drive spindle or shaft 19 intermediate the rollers 18 is a block 22 that is elongated in a direction transverse to said spindle, so that it projects radially from opposite sides thereof, and said block has an automatically returnable presser-toot slidably mounted thereon; The presserfoot consists of a slide member 23 positioned against a face of said block and maintained thereon by headed screws 24: that pass through an elongated slot 25 in the slide and screw into the body of the block as shown in Figure 4 and said slot is enlarged or widened as at 26 (Fig.2) to accommodate the spindle 19 and to permit the slide to reciprocate longitudinally upon the block without interference from said spindle. One end of the slide has a lateral portion 27 that extends over the end edge of the block to pro- Vide the presser-foot'and has its outer surface roughened to insure frictional contact with the strip material when the foot 27 is acting upon it. The opposite end of the slide has a lateral projection 28 that is adapted to be engaged by a cam element for moving the slide at the desired time, as will hereinafter more fully appear. A spring 29, connected at one end to the block and at its opposite end to a pin 30 projecting from the slide, maintains the structure in the position shown in Figs. 4 and 5, wherein the presser' foot 27 is in contact with the adjacent end of the block and will not engage the strip material when the spindle 19 is rotated during the normal advance of the material through the instrumentality of the feed rollor elements 15 and 18, but when the foot is moved away from the end of the block at the proper time its outer surfaces will be in a position to engage the strip material between the same and the upper feed roller 15.

A rotatable shaft 31 is journaled in the side walls 10 ot the register casing in a plane below the drive spindle 19 and said shaft is actuated by means of a large gear 32 secured thereto that meshes with a pinion 33 upon the adjacent portion of drive spindle 19 so that when the latter is rotated by the crank handle the ditlterence in diameter between gears 32 and 33 will cause the shaft to rotate at a slower speed than the drive spindle 19 in the ratio of one to three. intermediate its ends the shaft 31 has a finger 3 1 secured to and projecting laterally from it and the Outer port-ion oi": said finger has a rounded or cam-faced edge and rotates in the path of the projection 28 once to each three revolutions of the projection, so that when the slide and block have been rotated a predetermined number of times the cam portion will be in a position to engage the projection 28, thereby moving the slide in a direction to cause the presser-foot 27 to engage the material between its roughened surface and the upper feed roller 15. This last described position is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 and 6 and the manner in which the cam clears the projection 28 is illustrated in detail in Figure 3.

The predetermined operation of the normal feed roller members, and consequently the rotation of the presser-foot and its associated parts, is controlled by suitable devices that are automatically set during the operation of the apparatus to arrest the rotation of the cranlohandl 21. This structure comprises a bell-crank 36 fulerumed on a pin 37 projecting from the outer face of the easing wall 10, which bell crank has one arm 38 extended upwardly and provided with a lateral stop 39 that is positioned in the path of rotation of crank-handle 21 and at its upper end is provided with a lateral fingerpiec 40, which the operator may press against to oscillate the bell-crank for releasing the crank-handle. The opposite arm "42 upon its outer end that operates in and passes throu h an elongated segmental slot 43 1n the caslng wall, and its end enters the bifurcated end 44 of one'of the arms of a second bell crank 45 fulcru'med upon a pivotal in 46 upon the inner face of the cas- This latter bell-crank has an ed with the bifurcation 44 heretofore mentioned, and'said bell-crank is automatically returnable by means of a spring 48 that is secured at one of its ends to the casing wall and at its opposite end to a lateral member 49 extending from the hub of said bell-crank. The other arm 50 of this bell-crank is much shorter than its first mentioned arm 47, so that a slight movement of the outer end of arm 50 will move the bifurcated end 44 of the other arm a greater distance. A cam in the form of a flange collar 51 is secured to and rotates with the shaft 31 and is engaged by the adjacent end of the short arm 50 of ball crank 45. This cam collar is concentric with the shaft 31 through" about two-thirds of its circumference and the remaining portion thereof is flattened as at 52. so as to cause a rocking or oscillation of bell-crank 45. The spring 48 maintains arm 50 of the bell-crank against the cam 51-52, so that when the flattened portion of the latter engages the end of arm 50 the bifurcated end 44 or the bell-crank will be lowered in order to return the other bell-crank 36 to its normal position where the stop 39 will be in position to arrest the movement of crankhandle 21.

When the material has been advanced by the roller disks 18 and upper roller 15 until the strip apertures register with the disk roller further feed of the material is arrested At this point the cam edge 35 will have engaged the projection 28 and moved the presser-foot 27 toward the upper feed roller 15 with the paper strips between them.

, Further advancement of the paper strips, however, cannot be made at this time b cause the cam 51-52 has permitted bellcrank 45 to oscillate and movethe stop 39 upon the other bell-crank 36 into the path and has arrested the rotation of the crankhandle. The discharged portions of the strips are torn off in the usual manner and after the next entry has been made upon the succeeding ticket or set of tickets the operator grasps the crank-handle 21 and oscillates bell crank 36 by pushing against the finger-piece 40 to clear the stop from the path of the crank-handle and then rotates the latter. As soon as the mechanism begins to operate the presser-foot will advance the material'a distance sufficient to disengage the roller disks 18 from the strip apertures. During this movement of the presser-foot the cam edge 35 is engaged with the proturns to normal position.

jection 28, but after the roller disks 18 have cleared the apertures the cam edge disengages the projection and the presser-foot re- Continued rotation of the crank-handle a predetermined number of times advances the strips, and prior to the arresting of the rotation of the crank-handle the strip apertures will have registered with the roller disks 18 and the continued rotation .of the crank-handle, until automatically sto ped, will not further advance the strips. uring the numerous rotations of the elements mounted on drive shaft 19 there has been but one revolution of shaft 31 and therefore upon the final revolution of the first mentioned elements the cam edge will have reached a position where the projection 28 is engaged thereby and at this time the cam collar 51-52 will have oscillated the bell-cranks 45 and 36 so that the stop 39 will arrest the movement of the crank-handle. e What I claim as new is 1. Devices for feeding strip material having longitudinal spaced apertures, comprising normal feed members that become in effective to advance the material when engaged in the'apertures, and a starter mechanism consisting of a rotatable element, and a reciprocable slide normallyastationary on said element and adapted to be moved outwardly on said element whereby to engage and initially advance the material when the normal feed members are ineffective.

2. Devices for feeding strip material hav- 100 ing longitudinal spaced apertures. comprising normal feed members that become ineffective to advance the material when engaged in the apertures, and a starter mechamsm consisting of a structure having a 105 movable member normally ineffective to advance the material and said member having a portion adapted to be elongated into engagement with the material to inltlally advance the latter.

3. Devices for feeding strip materlal having longitudinal spaced apertures, comprising normal feed members that become 1nefl'ective to advance the material when engaged in the'apcrtures. and a starter mcchanism consisting of a rotatable structure carrying a member ineffective normally to advance the material, and means for. movlng said member transverse to the axis ofrotai tion of said structure for elongating said structure whereby to engage the material and initially advance the latter.

4. Devices for feeding strip material having longitudinal spaced apertures, comprising normal feed members that become ineffective to advance the material when engaged in the apertures, a starter mechanism 7 consisting of a structure having a movable member normally ineffective to advance the material, means for elongatmg a portion of ltt Kill

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the movable member of. said structure whereby to engage the material and initially advance the latter, and means tor predeternnnat-ely arresting the operation ol the apparatus upon the elongation oat said starter structure.

5. An initial feed or starter mechanism for autographic registers comprising a roller, a rotatable shalt, a transverse element secured on said shalt, and a reciyprocable slide normally stationary upon said element and adapted to be moved outwardly on said element to engage the material between its outer edge and said roller whereby to initiah ly advance the material "when said roller is rotated.

ti. iln initial feed or starter mechanism tor autogrraphic registers comprising; a roller, a rotatable shatt, a transverse element secured to said shaft, a l'eciprocable slide normally stationary upon said element, and means adapted to more said slide towards and into engagement with said roller "whereby to initially advance the material when said roller is rotated.

An initial "feed or starter mechanism tor autographic registers comprising; a roller, a rotatable shaltt, a pres-iser-toot secured to and rotatable with said shaitt, and m ans ttor movingr said yn'essen'toot transly ot the shatt into operative relation with said roller whereby to initially advance the material therebetvveen.

ltn combination With the normal teed members of an autographic register, a presser-itoot normally urged away from said members and adapted to be moved into engagement with one of said members to initially advance the material.

it. in combination With the normal teed members ot an autographic register, a presser-t'oot normally out of engagement with said members, and means for moving said Presser-toot into engagement with one oil said members whereby to initially advance the material.

l. In combination with the normal teed members of an autographic register, a presser-foot normally urged away from said members, a cam for moving: said presserdoot into engagement with one of said members, means for rotating said cam actuated by the normal feed members, and means for predeterminately arresting the operation of the apparatus upon the engagement of the cam with said resser-foot.

11. In an autogra hic register normal feed members, a drive-s1aft uonk which one of said members is mounts a normally inneonate ell ective initial teed structure mounted on said drive-shaft, a second shaft actuated by said drive shatt at a predetermined. ratio of speed, means on the second shaft for moving said initial feed structure into coactive relation to one of said normal feed members, and devices actuated by the rotation of: the second shaft to arrest the rotation of said driveehatt.

12. In an autographic register normal teed members, a drive shaft on which one of the said members is mounted, a presser-ii'oot mounted on said driveeha'l't and normally disengaged from the other feed member, a second shalt actuated at a predetermined ratio by said drive shaft, means on said. second shatt tor moving said pressenloot into engagement with one of said normal members, and devices actuated by the rotation ot the second shaft to arrest the rotation cit said drivesha'tt.

13. In a, starter tor autographie registers, the combination with a normal teed roller, ot a rotatable body, a slide mounted thereon, a resser-toot upon one end of said slide, a projection on the opposite end of said slide, and a rotatable cam adapted to engage said projection and thereby movesaid presserotoot into engagement with said roller.

let. ln a starter "for autographic registers, the combination With a normal teed roller, and a drive shaft upon which a enacting roller member is mounted, of a body tired to said shaft, a slide mounted on said body, a presser-toot carried by said slide, a rotatable driven-shalt having; geared connection With said drive shaft, and a cam on said driven-shaitt adapted to move said slide and cause the resser-toot to engage said first mentioned teed roller.

iii. In a starter for autographic registers, the combination with opposed normal feed roller members, and a drive-shaft upon which one of said members is mounted, of a body tired on said shaft, a slide carried by said body, a resser-foot on said slide, a rotatable driven-shaft, a geared connection between said shafts whereby the drivenshaft is rotated at a slower speed than the drive-shaft, and a cam secured to said driven shaft and adapted to engage said slide during each revolution of said driven-shaft and cause the resser-foot to engage one of said feed members.

Si ned at Chicago, in the county of (look and tate of Illinois, this th day of June, 1926.

LOUIS JENSEN. 

